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QUESTION FOR PIT BULL OWNERS

Posted : 6/28/2011 4:45:54 PM

MY 19 YEAR OLD NECIE JUST BOUT A RED NOSE PIT BULL. SHE DID IT WHILE HER PARENTS, HER ALMOST 4 YEAR OLD SON, AND HER SISTER WERE AWAY ON VACTAION. SUPPOSEDLY SHE IS ADHA AND BI-POLAR, BUT MOST OF US THINK SHE IS A SOCIOPATH. THE LIST OF SYMPTONS APPEARS TO BE WRITTEN WITH EHR IN MIND.

AT 14 SHE WAS SNEAKING OUT AND TAKING THE CAR TO MEET A 25 YEAR OLD GUY, GOT PREGNANT AND HER PARENTS LET HER KEEP THE BABY BECAUSE OF ALL THE THREATS TO RUN AWAY. HOWEVER BY THE TIME HE WAS A MONTH OLD SHE PAID ABOUT AS MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM AS SHE WOULD TO A SPOT OF MUD ON THE SIDWALK. HER NOW 15 YER SISTER AND DAD ARE THE ONES TAKING CARE OF THE BABY.

THIS GIRL HAS BROUGHT IN A NUMBER OF DOGS, ALWAYS 'FOUND", AND SOON GOT TIRED OF THEM. ONE HUNG ITSELF SHORTLY AFTER SHE FOUND IT HAD TO TAKE PILLS TWICE A DAY FOR THYROID. LONG STORY, BUT MOST OF THE FAMIOLY THINKS SHE ACTUALLY PITCHED IT OVER THE DECK AS THE RAIL WAS SO HIGH. SOME HAVE "{STRANGELY" GOTTEN OUT AND RUN AWAY.

SHE IS TRYING TO ACT LIKE SUCH A TOUGH GIRL AND IN LAST 15 MONTHS, SINCE TURNING 18 HAS GOTTEN 8 TATTOOS INCLUDING A HUGE PAIR OF WINGS (MOTORCYCLE STYLE TAT) ALL OVER HER UPPGER BACK. SHE POSTS PICTURES ON FB OF HER DRINKING AND TALKS OF BARS. AND SHE HAS TOLD SO MANY LIES SINCE SHE STARTED TALKING (THEY ADOPTED HER WHEN SHE WAS 2 WEEKS OLD) THAT IF THEY WRE ALL WIRTTEN DOWN ON PAPER AND PUT IN A BOOK IT WOULD BE TO HEAVY FOR ME TO PICK UP.

HER LITTLE BOY IS RAMBUNCTIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST. HE IS INTO EVERYTHING, THROWS STUFF AND LIKES TO HANG ONTO ANIMALS. SOME OF US ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING THAT PIT BULL WITH SOMEONE WHO DOESN'[T REALLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE ANIMALS AND HAVING A SMALL CHILD THAT LIKES TO HANG ON THEM, HIT THEM, ETC. I HAVE READ MANY TIMES THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW THE BREED TO HAVE ONE. I HAVE ONLY EVERY HAD ENGLISH SETTERS, IRISH SETTERS AND GOLDEN RETIREVERS, SO NO EXPERICE WITH A HEAD STRONG DOG.

OH AS A SIGE NOTE, I HAE A NEPHEW (DIFFERENT FAMIY) WHO TOOK IN A STRAY PIT AND SHE IS NOTHING BUT A BIG MARSHNALLOW. THE VET SAID SHE HAD BEEN USED AS A BREEDER. FIRST TIME I MET HER (LAST CHRISTMAS) SHE ALMOST DROWN ME WITH HER SLOBBER KISSES--AND THEIR 13" BEAGLE BOSSES DEEZLE. BUT THAT FAMILYKINOWS HOW TO TRULY TAKE CARE OF DOGS.

ANY ADVICE I SHOULD GIVE THE DAD OF THE NEICE WHO BOUGHT THE FULLY GROWN DOG?

Beejou

Posted : 6/29/2011 12:51:30 AM

Whoa, this is not about the Pit Bull at all. No offense meant, but it sounds like she should NOT have any dog. Is there any way you can talk her father into getting this dog rehomed ASAP?

spiritdogs

Posted : 6/29/2011 5:32:40 AM

Beejou
Whoa, this is not about the Pit Bull at all. No offense meant, but it sounds like she should NOT have any dog. Is there any way you can talk her father into getting this dog rehomed ASAP?

That was my second thought. My first thought was (sorry) keep the Pit and dump the niece, because the Pit, raised properly, would be a better companion for her son. What a handful of trouble she sounds like - I do not envy your family, and I feel very sorry for this dog, very sorry indeed.

sandra_slayton

Posted : 6/29/2011 2:35:19 PM

LOL. I AGREE 100% WITH YOUR FIRST THOUGHT. HUBBY SAYS THE "BLACKEST DAY" IN MY BROTHER'S LIFE WAS THE DAY THEY ADOPTED THIS GIRL WHEN SHE WAS 2 WEEKS OLD. BY THE TIME SHE WAS 2 SHE WAS RULING THE HOUSE AND IT HAS NEVER STOPPED. SHE SAYS JUMP AND THEY ASK HOW HIGH AND HOW LONG DOES SHE WANT THEM TO STAY IN THE AIR.

WE CAN'T PROVE THAT SHE HUNG THAT ONE BLACK LAB. MY BROTHER HAD BATHED HER AND HAD HER TIED ON THE DECK AS HE ALWAYS DID. THE ECK RAILING IS ABOUT 5 FEET HIGHT AND THE SLTAS ARE ONLY LIKE 4 INCHES APART. THEY WERE GONE AND THE GIRL WAS HOME ALONE WITH THE DOG. THE DOG HAD JUST GONE ON TYROID MEDS AND WAS OVER WEIGHT. SHE HAD ANOTHER DOG IN MIND BY THEY HAD TOLD HER NO, 3 WERE ENOUGH. SUDDENLY THAT ONE IS HUNG AND SHE CONVINCED HER DAD THAT JESSIE HAD SQUEEZEDTHRU THE SLATS. RIGHT, A 90 POUND DOG SQUEEZED BETWEEN SLATS SPACED 4' APART. HER HEAD WAS WIDER THAN THAT. SO JESSIE IS DEAD AND SHE GETS THE DOG SHE WANTS.

TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, THE ENTIRE FAMILY ADORES THE YOUNGER GIRL SHE WAS ABOUT 1 1/2 WHEN THEY ADOPTED HER AND THE OLDER ONE, 3 YEARS OLDER, HAS MADE LIFE MISERABLE FOR HER. THE OLDER ONE IS A BIG HUSKY GIRL OF ALMOST 5'8" AND ABOUT 140, THE YOUNGER ONE A VERY PETITE 5'6" AND PBABLY 95 POUNDS. AND WHERE WE ALL ADORE THE YOUNGER ONE, NOT ONE OF US WOULD CARE IF THE OLDER ONE JUST RAN OFF TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND WE NEVER SAW OR HEARD FROM HER AGAIN. AND YOU ARE RIGHT, SHE DOESN'T NEED ANIMALS AND MOST ESPECIALLY ONE THAT DOES REQUIRE SDTRONGER HANDLING.

tiffy

Posted : 6/29/2011 7:12:44 PM

sandra_slayton
HUBBY SAYS THE "BLACKEST DAY" IN MY BROTHER'S LIFE WAS THE DAY THEY ADOPTED THIS GIRL WHEN SHE WAS 2 WEEKS OLD.

That is so sad.

JackieG

Posted : 6/30/2011 5:33:41 AM

My advice is to rehome the dog. If that can't be accomplished ,tell him that no dog, of any breed, should ever be left unsupervised with a young child. Not for even a minute. This man has taken responsibility for his grandchild, due to his daughter's problems and he could be held legally responsible for any harm that comes to the child or the dog. It would be best for everyone if this dog is rehomed and any future dogs the daughter acquires should also be rehomed, no matter what breed they are.